* #### this method could move to an AntUtils class.
*/
public static Project createProject() {
Project project = new Project();
BuildLogger logger = new NoBannerLogger();
logger.setMessageOutputLevel( org.apache.tools.ant.Project.MSG_INFO );
logger.setOutputPrintStream( System.out );
logger.setErrorPrintStream( System.err);
project.addBuildListener( logger );
project.init();
// force lazy construction which avoids null pointer exceptions when using